Report of the Health Officer, Corporation of Madras Health Department.

  • Madras (India). Health Department.
Date:
[1933]
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Credit: Report of the Health Officer, Corporation of Madras Health Department. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Area Deaths 24,500 Natural increase 4,033 Deaths of infants under one year of age 7,540 Deaths from child birth 331 19,728 acres. 6,78,500 6,47,230 34*4 73,845 42-1 per 1000 estimated? population. do. Rate of increase ... 6-0 do. Infantile death rate... 264*3 per 1000 births.. Maternal death rate. 11*6 do. Summary of Vital Statistics for 1933. • • • Estimated population (Middle of 1933) ... Census Population (1931) Average density per acre Inhabited houses (Census 1931) Births .... 28,533 Birth rate Death rate ... 36*1 Deaths from Principal Diseases. No. Rate per 1000 estimated Population. Cholera 62 0*09 Diarrhoea and Dysentery ... 2670 3*9 Small-pox ... 837 1*2 Measles 44 0*06 Malaria ... 140 0*2 Enteric Fever 90 0*1 Phthisis ... 855 1-3 Respiratory diseases ... 5967 8*8